Carol has speech capabilities turned on when working with a workbook on her system. (She likes to hear her entries read back to her as a double-check of their accuracy.) She doesn't want the speech capabilities turned on when she sends the workbook to her Executive Director, and was wondering how to do this.
Actually, this is something that the Executive Director has to do on his or her system. Have the Director follow these steps:
That's it. The toolbar can be dismissed, if desired, or it can be left on the screen to control other aspects of the speech capabilities.
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